Dynamical consequences of bandpass feedback loops in a bacterial phosphorelay
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- dc.contributor.author Sen, Shaunakca
- dc.contributor.author García Ojalvo, Jordica
- dc.contributor.author Elowitz, Michael B.ca
- dc.date.accessioned 2015-06-02T08:11:17Z
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- dc.date.issued 2011ca
- dc.description.abstract Under conditions of nutrient limitation, Bacillus subtilis cells terminally differentiate into a dormant spore state. Progression to sporulation is controlled by a genetic circuit consisting of a phosphorelay embedded in multiple transcriptional feedback loops, which is used to activate the master regulator Spo0A by phosphorylation. These transcriptional regulatory interactions are “bandpass”-like, in the sense that activation occurs within a limited band of Spo0AP concentrations. Additionally, recent results show that the phosphorelay activation occurs in pulses, in a cell-cycle dependent fashion. However, the impact of these pulsed bandpass interactions on the circuit dynamics preceding sporulation remains unclear. In order to address this question, we measured key features of the bandpass interactions at the single-cell level and analyzed them in the context of a simple mathematical model. The model predicted the emergence of a delayed phase shift between the pulsing activity of the different sporulation genes, as well as the existence of a stable state, with elevated Spo0A activity but no sporulation, embedded within the dynamical structure of the system. To test the model, we used time-lapse fluorescence microscopy to measure dynamics of single cells initiating sporulation. We observed the delayed phase shift emerging during the progression to sporulation, while a re-engineering of the sporulation circuit revealed behavior resembling the predicted additional state. These results show that periodically-driven bandpass feedback loops can give rise to complex dynamics in the progression towards sporulation.en
- dc.description.sponsorship S.S. acknowledges financial support from the Betty and Gordon Moore Foundation, Caltech through the Poincare Fellowship. Funding for J.G.-O. is provided by the Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovacion (Spain, project FIS2009-13360), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (Spain, REEM network), and by the ICREA Academia Programme. Funding for M.B.E. is provided by NIH grant R01GM079771 and US National Science Foundation CAREER Award 0644463en
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- dc.identifier.citation Sen S, García-Ojalvo J, Elowitz MB. Dynamical consequences of bandpass feedback loops in a bacterial phosphorelay. PLoS One. 2011;6(9):e25102. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0025102ca
- dc.identifier.doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0025102
- dc.identifier.issn 1932-6203ca
- dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10230/23712
- dc.language.iso engca
- dc.publisher Public Library of Science (PLoS)ca
- dc.relation.ispartof PLoS One. 2011;6(9):e25102
- dc.relation.projectID info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/3PN/FIS2009-13360
- dc.rights © 2011 Sen et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are crediteden
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- dc.subject.other Proteïnesca
- dc.subject.other Metabolismeca
- dc.title Dynamical consequences of bandpass feedback loops in a bacterial phosphorelayen
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